BHD is kidding, guys. You will be issued with a standard, one ear headset when you get here. However, instead of the good, old days, when we had substantial, easily workable headsets that plugged into the console via a simple, double-prong, male-female connection, we now have flimsy ones that connect into very complex, multiple connectors that are already starting to fall to bits. Combine that with the fact that you only receive half the parts of the headset (i.e.the last bit that connects to your head), you rely on the other half that connects your bit to the console actually being in place. We only have a limited amount of those and they are continually going missing, meaning that we have to use watch-specific, full headsets that you share, like your toothbrush, with everyone on the watch. This shoddy arrangement also means that you cannot listen in on handovers and training becomes a nightmare. After all these years, I can only say shame on DGMAN. This should have been fixed as a priority, both for safety and for hygiene reasons, long ago. There is no excuse for this and everyone ducks for cover when asked why, after nigh on a year or so, there's been no action.
One step forward, two steps back........
Last edited by ATCO1962; 14th Oct 2009 at 08:19.